Geographic sharing of ribotype patterns in Enterococcus faecalis for bacterial source tracking

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 539-551

  Hartel, Peter G ^a   Myoda, Samuel P ^b   Ritter, Kerry J ^c   Kuntz, Robin L ^a   Rodgers, Karen ^a   Entry, James A ^d   Ver Wey, Sheryl A ^d   Schröder, Eduardo C ^e   Calle, Juan ^e   Lacourt, Mercedes ^e   Thies, Janice E ^f   Reilly, John P ^f   Fuhrmann, Jeffry J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal enterococci; Microbial source tracking; Ribotyping; Wastewater; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; FECES; ISOLATED POPULATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TESTING METHOD; TRACKING; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; RIBOTYPING; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RIBOTYPING; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

DELAWARE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 36849014717     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2007.003     Document Type: Article

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